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TEMPERANCE.
Cusseta, Ga., December 29, 1875.
Editor of Times: In September
lost a Council of United Friends of
Temperance was organized in this
place, which now numbers sixty
eight members.
On Friday night the 24th Inst., at a
“social” given by the members, an
essay was read by Miss Ida Murphy,
and an address delivered by Mr.
Leonidas MeLester. The Council
requests a publication of these pro
ductions, and an appeal to you to give
space for their publication, believing
that they will be read with interest
and profit, and hoping that thereby
someone may be aroused to the
danger that surrounds, or that some
other may be warned and shun the
cesspool of intemperance.
W. A. F.
ESSAY BY MISB IDA MURPHY.
Respected Friends:
By the request of our Worthy
Primate I will try to offer a few
thoughts on the evil effects of the in
temperate use of ardent spirits, and
should I fall shortof what is required
for the good of our order, I beg that
you will judge me leniently, for I feel
utterly incable of doing justice to a
subject which to the outside avoided
is hackneyed and threadbare, but
which should be of vital importance
to us here in our loved Council room.
There are none who will deny the
necessity of arresting this growing
evil ere it be too late; let us then,
standing upon the threshold of a
new year, make new determinations
for turning our backs upon every
thing that is wrong, remembering
t hat we go forth either for good or
evil: we may rely upon higher aid
than our own weak resolution in
overcoming the manifold tempta
tions that will assail us; but faith
without works availeth not; we must
put forth individual efforts and re
solve that we will be not “wearied in
well doing,” but with renewed zeal
gird on the armor of total abstinence
and with the smile and blessing of
an all-wise Creator resting upon us,
we will go forth fully panoplied to
battle with this mighty soul destroy
er. this moloch * upon which our
young men, the future hopes of our
country, are daily sacrificed, having
inscribed in living characters upon
our unfurled temperance banner,
ever faithful, ever true.
Intemperance is the rock in life’s
rugged ocean upon which so many
precious lives are wrecked—the. great
miclstrom which drowns in its hid
eous roar the cry of orphanage, the
widow’s lament, the mother’s prayer
—but it cannot, even in its mighty
fury, blot out their remembrances,
black and bitter. See that young
man as he goes forth in life’s bright
morning to win a name—his hand
clasping the golden chain of hope,
his heart beating high with lofty am
bitions and noble aspirations. Con
trast him as you knew him then with
what you find him now—a fallen
creature. What was his first step in
the downward path of degradation ?
’Twas the fatal wine-glass at the
social board—proffered, perchance,
by the one he loved—and, fearing the
taunts of those who fawn upon him,
he quaffs the maddening beverage,
and finally he finds the fairy links of
hope’s severed chain in glittering
fragments at his feet; despair enters
his soul, and he sinks into a drunk
ard’s grave, bnhonored and unsung.
His gray-haired mother had long
since drank deeply of the chalice of
grief, held to her lips by him, her
earthly idol—and unable longer to
cope with the darkening storm
clouds that gathered o’er her, she
sank to rest still praying for him who
in earlier years knelt beside her in
childhood’s innocence and prayed,
“Lead us not into temptation.”
There are others who also mourn his
fall: a proud father,who had hoped to
bequeath to him his untarnished
name; an affectionate sister, who
looked with bright anticipations into
the future of her noble brother; she
sees him at the head of a mighty host
conquering an invading foe, the lau
rel crown of victory encircling his
manly brow, and in her fond imagin
ings she sees his wonderful achieve
ments chronicled on history’s fair
page; but she wakes to find “’twas
but a dream,” weeps over his fallen
honor, sighs to “think what might
have been” had not this serpent, this
wily monster, trailed o’er cherished
Eden’s flowers, Infusing its deadly
venom into her heart. Where, too, is
the one who first tempted him to go
astray? She, with others, who proud
THE DAILY TIMES.
ly bore the name of friend, deserted
him when they saw the dark days
dawning, and beheld the angel of de
spuir hovering, with sable pinions,
o’er his devoted head, proclaiming
the dread flat “eternal woe!”
Young lady,let mo begyouto bewaro
how you offer to a young man the in
toxicating cup. Heaven forbid that
you should so far forget yourself, und
the good of your fellow-beings, as to
place in the way of auy a barrier to
an ennobled life, a barrier, which
without a chance of reform suoh as
our loved institution here affords,
causes the souls of many an existence
to sink behind clouds of gloom and
darkness. Young man, look well ere
you touch the flowing bowl, though
it be offered by a siren, touch it not;
tho demon that lurks there is the
same as that which hold such po
tent sway at a midnight revel;
though the goblet be flower
wreathed and in its sparkling
transparency would equal in beauty
the fabled nectar of the gods, yet
the thorns upon tho roses that cluster
there will pierce your lips ere you
have tasted that which “biteth like
a serpent and stingetk like an ad
der.” Fathers and husbands, pause
before you lift the glass; think of
those dependent upon you for au ex
ample which by following, will fit
them for a higher life; think of her,
who in early girlhood linked her des
tiny with yours for better or worse;
the one you promised to love and
cherish. Will you prove recreant to
trust? Ponder well the thought that
perhaps in later years you too may
hear the tearful petition, “Please fa
ther, dear father, come home,” when
you cannot heed that plaintive
prayer for tho fetters that bind you
down.
My dear friends, though our Coun
cil may be tho subject of ridicule to
many, yet to some it’s blessed teach
ings are as welcome as the tight
that shines with resplendent lustre
guiding the unwary mariner o’er
temptations stor my deep from the
hidden rock, upon which he would
soon have been a stranded wreck.
Shall we not then do all we can in
forwardihg this philanthrophic un
dertaking? Can we sit idly down
when perhaps the happiness of thou
sands is dependent upon ourfaithful
ness? No, we will do all we can to
uproot this evil, this blight upon the
religion of our Lord Master, this
stigma u|>on a nation’s glory, and
with one decisive blow for our hearths
and homes, we will unsceptro the
fiery monarch and leave him to lament
his fallen empire, his crumbled
throne; and when the keel of our life
barque shall grate upon tho sand’s
of Eternity’s shore and angel voices
sing us a welcome homo, we will rest
more peacefully iu the light beyond,
in the conciousness of having per
formed our duty while here, securing
as our reward the approving “Well
done” of Him who rules above.
ADDBKSH BY LEONIDAS M LKSTF.It.
Worthy Primate, Ladies and Gentle
men : In searching the pages of his
tory, we find intemperance stands
pre-eminent to all other curses that
ever rested upon our country. War,
with all its bloody fields and hard
fought battles, never left that ruin,
desolation and sorrow in its track
that follows intemperance. The one
comes to our homes with a,n insidious
creep, and ere we are aware of it stig
matizes our idols with shame and in
famy and drags them down to an ig
nominious grave. Tho other lures
them on to a glorious death by a
heaven-sent spark called patriotism.
We have biblical authority for saying
that a good name is to be more valued
than much gold; then who would
not prefer an untarnished character
to all the gold of the universe? It is
a well established fact that habit is
but a repetition of acts, and no
man ever began bacchanalian
revelries with the remotest idea of
becoming a drunkard, and yet, be
fore he knows it, he sinks into the
debris embraced in the meshy folds of
the demon, intemperance. The
habit is as insidious as it is degrad
ing. It is formed and it’s vulture
clutches fastened upon us before we
are aware of It; and, when it once be
comes inveterate the interposition of
a divine power is the only thing that
can break the fetter that bind us to it.
Who of us here to-night have not
witnessed some drunkard riding
their very streets with bloated face
and blood-shot eye, profaning
the name of the very God that made
him? Ah! we see him now in our
mind’s eye as he stands wrapped in
the solitude of his own infamy beg
ging for drink. We hear his cries:
“Here take my money, give me drink;
take my honor, give me drink; take
my character, give me drink; take
my family’s bread, give me drink.”
Hideous indeed does the picture
grow, as we follow him to his
home, where instead of sunshine and
happiness exists one continued thea
tre of demoniacal scenes. His chil
dren flee from his vile life and stag
gering steps. His wife, that one be
ing whom he has sworn to love, cher
ish and support, and the failure of
which duty is perjury in the sight of
Heaven, sets with her face bathed in
tears wearing out a life that isundes
eribably miserable, at last sinks into
an untimely grave, a martyr to the
causeof duty, and the victim of his
own infamy.
We as a body are united in our ef
forts to drive this curse from our
midst. With what rapture must
Heaven look down upon this little
COLUMBUS, GA., Fill DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1875.
band, where virtue, beauty and in
tellect aro all oombiuod and working
for our grand purpose. lam unable
to conceive of anything that is more
edifying to man or more pleasing in
the sight of God. Tho mother as she
sits over tho cradle of her now
born babe, trembling lest it too,
might somo day fall a victim
to this soul-damning drug, rejoioes in
heart at our organization, and wishes
us God speed. Society, whose bright
est lights are daily plunging into the
vortex of ruin, blesses ourefforts with
its best wishes. The Church, the
very foundation of which is being
shaken by it, in each petition sent to
the eternal throne invokes God’s
blessing upon us. Then, brothers
and sisters, assort here to-day, boldly
and fearlessly, that we are public
benefaotors and working for the good
of all. To speak of the baneful ef
fects of intemperauco, in all its bear
ings, would bo useless, and a waste
of time. Its existence is almost oo
eval with mankind, and from time
immemorial society has withered un
der the poisonous shadow of this
Upas tree. Its weaklng effects upon
the mind are at once seen and felt by
those who are addicted to it. Its de
grading effects, morally, can best be
seen by looking at the beastly inmates
of our prison walls. No one will
deny but what whiskey gives rise
to nine-tenths of the crimes that are
committed in our land. For many
long years the women of America
have suffered, and struggled to de
stroy this monster, whoso blood
stained banner has waved in triumph
over their households, and sent un
told thousands of their husbands,
brothers, fathers and sons, into the
drunkard’s grave. Under its mad
dening influence tho very hands that,
were pledged beforo high Heaven to
care for and proteot them, have held
from them tho means of life, and
been converted into beasts, of whom
they were afraid, and flew from in
terror.
Our Legislature has wisely prohib
ited tho sale of whisky in our village.
That law has boen of incalculable
advantage to us, and to-day there is
not a man living in this place—and
would that I could add in this county
—who would have it repealed, know
ing that the repealing of it would be
to the detriment of his country. At
the next election for a Representa
tive, I have no doubt in my own mind
but what tho repealing of that act
will be made an issue by some inde
pendent candidate, lam aware of
the mighty influence that such
would have upon the minds of the
colored population, and I assert here
to-night that the man who would do
it should be “immortalized in living
infamy.” He who seeks office at his
country’s ruin should be shunned by
all as a viper enemy to our Republic.
Where then shall we look to for help
to crush this selfish spirit that actu
ates men to such deeds? Woman! it
is to you that we appeal. God has
ordained that you should wield an
immense influence over man, and
every nerve of yours should be
stretched to it’s utmost tension in
attempting to develop his nobler fac
ulties. Man is naturally ambitious,
and he might be tempted to “wade
through fields of slaughter to a
throne;” but the proudest trophies
of ambition are valueless without
woman’s sympathy. It has been
fabulously stated by ancient writers,
that when the name Plutarch was
mentioned the echo replied philos
ophy. So when you are called upon
to sleep your lust sleep in the silent
city of the dead, arid your names
shall be uttered by the living, may
the response in every heart be bene
factors.
In conclusion, I beg the privilege
of addressing a few remarks to the
youDger members of this Society. I
see before me here to-night many of
my comrades who, like myself, are
just entering the threshold of life.
The habits you are now forming will
characterize your future; then let me
entreat you to live so that in your
declining years,when your sun of life
has nearly set, that you may look
back upon your past without regret
or shame. Stand firm, and under no
circumstance* forget your pledge, for
the violation of it would be like tho
dog returning to its vomit. “To be
or not to be” is the great question
that rushes to our minds as we enter
the stage of life. If we wish to achieve
eminencce excelsior must be our
watchword, nil desperarulum our mot
to. Beautifully hath Meredith said:
He who seeks but one thing and only one,
May hope to achieve it ere life be done:
But he who seeks everything wherever he goes,
Only reapn from that which around him he
SOW*—
A harvest of barren regrets.
As we look back at the galaxy of
renown we find each star implanted
there was possessed of an unflinching
determination to succeed, connected
with sober habits. Intemperance is
the great breaker upon which the
barque of life of too many young
men is ruthlessly rushed. The life
a Washington, a Lee, a Stephens,
and Georgia’s proudest hero John B.
Gordon, rise up before us as beacon
lights to guide our wandering steps,
and as we contemplate them in all
their grandeur, forcibly do the lines
of the poet rush to our minds:
Tho lives of great men all remind ns,
That we can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind ns
Foot-prints in the sands of time.
♦
The Weather North.
Nkw York, Dec. 30 —The stormy weath
er in this vicinity continues, and this morn
ing a steady drizzling rain is falling. It
has rained every day this week. Tempera
ature mild; thermometer 37° above zero.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Special to the Times by 8. A A. Lino.
Montoomehy, Dec. 30.—The Presi
dent mado tho following appoint
ments on committees to till certain
vacancies. Internal Improvement,
Thornton, McClollan, Talt; On Edu
cation, McMillan, Thornton; Rovison
of Laws, Safford.
Bills introduced, Snodgrass, to au
thorize Commissioners Courts of the
several counties iu this State to pre
scribe a rate or fix a limit of taxation
for the incorporated towns in the
counties respectively.
Mr. Curtis—To secure to Registers
in Chancery and others payment for
transcripts of records in their oourts.
Mr. Martin, of Conecuh—to allow
married women to sue in their own
names alone when suoh suits relate
to their separate estates.
Mr. Carmichael, a bill in relation
to the custody niyi expenditures be
longing to minors in certain cases.
All of which ordered to a seoond
reading.
Mr. Little, from the joint commit
teg appointed at last session to inves
tigate tho cluims of Senator Spencer
to a seat in the U. S. Senate, submit
ted a lengthy report showiug tho
fraudulent manner by which the said
George E. Spencer held his seat in
that body.
Mr. Cobb moved that the report,
with the accompanying documents,
be received and two hundred copies
ordered printed; also to allow the
committee further titno to prepare a
memorial based on the evidence
adopted.
Message from tho House—A joint
resolution that three hundred copies
of tho new Constitution bo printed in
pamphlet form for the use of the
General Assembly.
Mr. Dereen, by leave, presented a
paper denying tho statement made
by tho report of tho committoo to
investigate the election of Senator
Spencer, which referred to his having
got an office in consideration of tho
services rendered by him in that
election.
Mr. Cunningham, by leave, a resolution
that so much of tho Governor’s message
as refers to tho Public Schools bo referred
to a joint committee of two on the part of
tho Senate and three on tho part of tho
House. Adopted.
Mr. McClellan, a resolution that a com
mittee of five bo appointed to tako into
consideration the propriety of retiring
the State’s obligations, so far as tho condi
tion of tho Treasury will allow. Adopted.
Senate adjourned till to-morrow.
hoimi:.
limns ON SECOND HEADING.
Xo appropriate SIOO,OOO for the malnte
of tho Public Schools. Referred to Com
mittee ou Education.
Mr. Greene, of Jefferson, to constitute
Birmingham a separate school district,
and for tho regulation of the Public Schools
therein.
Also, to authorize the Trustees of the
Insane Asylum to sell certain lands.
Mr. Greene, of Leo,|a resolution to refer
all portions of the Governor’s message
which have rot been otherwise disposed
of to a special committee on tho Constitu
tion adopted.
A message from tho Senate—joint reso
lution raising a committee of five to inves
tigate the purchase of lands sold for taxes
by tho State, and also the fraudulent dis
posal of lands of the Alabama A Chatta
nooga Railroad to tile detriment of tiio
State; whose duty it shall be to investi
gate thoroughly and report as early as
practicable. Committee on part of the
Senate, Messrs. Snodgrass and Carmich
ael; House, Messrs. Price, Woolf and
Greene, of Lee.
'rill'. UNITED STATES ANII SPAIN.
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT SUSTAIN OURS—
SPAIN GOING TO DO WHAT SHE NEVER
DID ANYWHERE BEFORE—EVHYTHINa
SERENE.
New York, Dec. 30.—A Herulil
special from Washington says it is
believed the different European Gov
ernments have expressed themselves
satisfied with the attitude of the Pres
ident on the Cuban question and
ready to lend the support of their
moral influence with Spain to press
upon her the necessity of as imme
diately as possible restoring peace in
Cuba. Tho Spanish property owners
on the island are weary of burdens
and are now ready to assist the new
Captain General in measures looking
towards through reform in the ad
ministration and a pacification of
the troubles.
There is at present no reason to
apprehend any difficulties with
Spain, as there was at a time previ
ous to the publication of the Presi
dent’s message, when somo appre
hension was felt that Spain would
suddenly tako offence at the tone of
that document, and it was thought
proper to bring the fleet into
condition for any emergency. It Is
evident, however, that the crisis is
past, at least for the present. The
present prospect of a peaceable set
tlement of our difficulties with Spain
and of her renewed energy in the pa
cification of Cuba, is so good that un
less an unexpected change should oc
cur there is no probability of hostili
ties or the necessity of intervention.
Deaths train Explosive Oil.
Baltimore, Dec. 30, —Annie Reinhold, the
young girl who was bo shockingly burned
by the exptosion of a gasoline lamp last
night, died at 2 o’clock this morning. Her
mother, who was also burned, is considered
in a precarious condition. The coroner’s
inquest censures the use of the fluid, which
was above legal strength.
Mpatn and European Powers.
Madrid, Dec. 30. — The Impartial asserts
that Spain will shortly address a commu
nication of importance to the various Euro
pean cabinets on the subject of Cuba.
TEI.EUUAPIIIC MAMMARY.
Griggs Ik Dehorns carriage factory, at
Wilmington, Ohio, was burnt yesterday.
Loss, $20,000; insurance light.*
Mrs. Rynes I.ockwell Gordon and her
three children, residing near Sun, Indiana,
were burnt to death on Saturday night, by
the house catching fire while the family
were asleep.
A dispatch from Montreal reports that an
injunction has been placed on the Montreal
Telegraph Company to prevent its paying
a five per centAlividend, but it is understood
that this has been done in the interest of
some gambling “sports" who want to tem
porarily depreciate the stock so that they
can advantageously buy what they need.
Dispatches from Albany, New York,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and other cities, announce
the making of extensive preparations for a
great and noisy celebration of the com
mencement of the Centennial year by mid
night demonstrations.
Fifty mechanics in the Baltimore <fc Ohio
Railroad shops at Newark, Ohio, were dis
charged yesterday ; cause said to be hard
times.
Robert Parker,of Pennellville, New York,
was killed yesterday by being crushed be
tween two freight cars.
The Nashua, Acton A Boston Railroad
has been leased to the Concord & New
Hampshire Railroad for ten years. A
cheaper transportation line is effected as
the result of the lease.
A gang of female thieves has just been
discovered at Tipton, Ohio, the leaders be
ing Mary Clerse, mother and daughter, and
Mary Shuller. The gang has robbed va
fious stores to a large amount. The whole
gang has been arrested.
To be Hrmovetl.
Hartford, Ct., Deo. 30.—A special
dispatch to the Hartford Times, from
Washington, says that Commissioner
Burdett., of the General Land Office,
Is to be speedily removed.
Office Macon and Brunswick 11. It. |
Macon, Ga., December 12, 1875. J
Tho undersigned Board of Directors, appoint
ed by His Excellency, James M. Smith, Gov
ernor of Georgia, by virtue of the authority given
iu tho act approved March sth, 1876, invites
scaled bids up to 12 o’clock meridian of Tuesday,
January 25,1876, for the lcaso or purchase of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, extending from
the city of Macon to Bjunswick, in Glynn county,
Georgia—a distance of oue hundred and eighty
six miles, with the branch road extending from
Cochran to Hawkinsville, a distance of ten miles,
and about five miles of side track on *tlie main
line of the road, and about two miles of extension
in the said city of Brunswick, togother with the
franchises, equipments, and other property of
said Railrodd, (which was sold on the first Tues
day in June last as the property of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Company,) consisting
of its road-bed superstructure, right of way, mo
tive power, roolling stock, depots, freight and
section houses, machine shops, carpenter shops,
grounds, furniture, machinery, tools and mate
rials csnnoctod therewith.
Also, the following property of said Company,
to-wit: Tracts or parcels of laud Nos. 1, Sand 4
In District Twenty, and Nos. 124, 126, 127, 144
145, 146, 151, 155, 156 and 157, in District Twenty
ono, all lying and being in Pulaski county, Geor
gia, and containing each two hundred and two
and a half (202 ft) acres.
Also, a certain tract or parcel of land lu the
city of Brunswick, known aH the wharf property
of tho Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company.
Also, one-half (undivided) of lots Nos. 8 and 4
of block 37, In the city of Macon, known in the
locality as the Guard House property.
Also, city lots Nos. 1, 2 and a portion of No. 3,’
In square No. 65, in the city of Macon.
Also, a tract or parcel of land in said city o
Macon, there known as “Camp Oglethorpe,” con
taining ten acres more or less.
Also, city lots Nos. 1 and 7, In block No. 10, in
southwest Macon.
Also, city lots Nos. 3 and 5, in square No. 13,
in said city of Macon, with the building there
on.
Also, tractor parcel of land No. 217, in District
Three, Wayne county, Georgia.
Also, four hundred and forty shares ofstockin
the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Compauy,
certificate 1,009.
The foregoing property is offered for cash, for
bonds of the State of Georgia, or for the first
mortgage bonds of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad Company, endorsed in behalf of the
State under authority of the act approved Decem
ber 3d. 1866—a1l or a part of either.
Bids involving time payments, or installments,
not exceeding seventy-five per cent, of the
amount will be entertained.
By the conditions of the 3d Section of the first
above-named act, no sale or lease can be binding
without the written approval of tho Governor, as
is therein required. Should any bid be accepted
by the undersigned, and approved by the Gov
ernor, notice thereof will be given as soon ss pos
sible to the party Interested, and fifteen days
frem date thereof will be allowed to arrange for
compliance. If not promptly done the Directors
reserve the right of accepting the next best bid.
They also reserve the right of rejectfng any and
all bids.
Any special information concerning tho prop
erty will be furnished on application.
E. A. FLEWELLEN,
W. A. LOFTON,
G. 8. JONES,
Directors Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
doc 17 law4w
Adrainistor’s Sale.
WILL be sold ob the first Tuesday in Jannary
next, within the legal hours of sale before
the Court House door In Cusseta, Ga., the fol
lowing property,to-wit: 101 ft acres of lot of land
No. 117, 28 acres of lot No. 140, and all of lot No.
108, all in the 6th district of Chattahoochee
county. Ga. Hold as the property of the late
John Majors, deceased, tor purpose of distribu
tion under the will of said deceased. Terms
made known on day of sale.
W. J. MAJORS, Administrator,
decs wtd do bonis non with will.
John Mehaffey,
AT HIS OLD STAND, oorner of Ogl*thorpa
and Bridge streets.
ColumbuM, On..
Will Pay tlie Highest Market Pr c
roa
lings. Old Cotton, Hides, Iry
and Green, Furs
or ALL Kipnw,
Zleeswax and Tallow, Old Metaib, &c.,
Delivered at Depots and Wharfs in Columbus,
Georgia. Jan 31 tf
Muscogee Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in January
next, In front of Preer, Illgos k Co's corner
between the legal hours of sale, all that tract or
parcel of Land lying and being in the city of Col
umbus, Muscogee county, State of Georgia, as
follows:
North part of lot No. 473, in 'said city of Col
utr bus, containing ft of an acre.more or less,em
bracing north part of said lot, levied upon to
satisfy afl fa. iu my hands in favor of John R.
Mtt vs. Win. Baxter.
Also, at the same time and place, thirty acres
of land, being the lot in Wynnton now occupied
by the family of W. L. Williams. Bounded on
the north by the old Macon Road, on the east by
Btrother, on the south by Dancer, and on the
west by road between Williams and Schley. To
satisfy afl fa in my hands in favor of J. M.
Fletche r vs. W. L. Williams. Levy made by law
ful constable. deot td
MAIIKETB IIY TBLBdKAFH.
Special to tho Daily Timkh by the 8. k A. Line.
FINANCIAL.
Nkw York, Deo. 80—3 p. m.—Gold closed 13.
MWall street, 0 p m—Money closed easy at 4
and 5. Gold closed 13; stocks closed firmer.
Georgia bonds 6's 92ft; euding 100 ft. Gold bonds
100.
PROVISIONS.
• Cincinnati, Dec., 30.—Lard lu moderrto de
maud; prime steam rendered 12,ftc per pound;
holders asked ft more; kettle rendered 18ft;
mesa pork quiet; $19.75(ij)20 for prime city
mess; shoulders dull.
COTTON.
Liverpool, Dec. 30—1 r. u. —Cotton quiet
and steady; middling upland 6 15 16; middling
Orleans 7 3-16; Sales 12.000; speculation 2,000.
Receipts 18,500; Americau 8,900; Arrivals stea
dier; Dec and Jan delivery low middling 6 13-16.
4pm . —Cotton quiet; middling uplands 6
15-16; mid Orleans 7 3 10. Sales 12,000; of
which 2,000 are exports and speculation.
Americau 0,500; Feb and March shipments from
low middling per sail 6?*.
Nkw York, Dec 30—2:15 p. m—Spots closed
dull; ordinary 10 ft; good do lift; strict good
do 12ft; low middling 12 11-16; strict low mid
13 1-16; mid 13,ft; mid Ala 13ft ; middling Orleans
13 7-16.
Futures closed quletand easy; saleslC 500; Jan
13 5 32(g>3-16; Feb 1311-82; March 13 19-32: April
141-32; (4)1-16; May 14 ft(o)9 32; June J 4 13-32(4)-,
15-32; July 14 13-32(0>15 32 ; Aug 14ft@9-16; Deo
13 1-8.(55-32.
tr, a. ports.
Receipts at all ports to-day 34,800 bales; ex
ports to Great Britaiia 18,942 bales; Continent
1,580 bales. Consolidated 149,142; exports to
Groat Britain 5G,31' k bales ;to Continent 2,348
Frauce 9,711; stock at all porta 805,511.
WlioleNale Prices.
Apples—per barrel, $5; peck, 76c.
Bacon—Clear Sides 7ft lb —o.; Clear Rib Sides
l4fto; Shoulders 11 ftc; Ice-cured Shoulders—c;
Sugar-cured Hams 15c; Plain Hams 14c.
Bagging (g)l6.
Bulk Mkats—Clear Rib Sides ISftc.
Butter—Goshen 7ft lb 40c; Country 30c.
Brooms—V dozen, $2 60(g)$3 50.
Candy—Btlck V lb 16c.
Canned Goods—Sardines 7ft case of 100 boxes
sl7; Oysters, lib cans 7ft dozen, $1 20 to $1 35.
Cheese—English 7ft lb 00c; Choice 18ft; West
ern 17c; N. Y. State 16c.
Candles—Adamantine 7ft lb 19c; Paraphine 350
Coffee—Rio good 7ft lb 23c; Prime 23c ft; Choice
24 ft c; Java 330 to 37c.
Corn—Yellow Mixed 7ft bushel $1 12ft; White,
$1 15 car load rates in depot.
Cigars—Domestic, 7ft MW s2o<ss6s; Havana.
$70(4) $l6O.
Flour—Extra Family, city ground. If) !b $8;
A $7 60; B $6 60; Fancy $9.
Hardware—Swede Iron 9c.; Refined Iron 4(4)5c;
Sadiron 70.; Plow Steel 10ft$lle.; Horse and
Mule Shoes 7ft(ja)Bo.; per lb.; Nails per keg $4.25;
Axes sl2(g>sl4 per doz.
Hay—7ft owt. $1 40; Country 40@60c.
Iron Ties— 7ft lb 6fto.
Lari>—Prime Leaf, tierce, 7ft lb 16c; halves and
kegs, 18($ 19c.
Leather—White Oak Sole 7ft lb 45a55c; Hemlock
Solo 33a35c; French Calf Skins s2(s4; American do
s2(a)s3 50; Upper Leather $2(4)53 50; Harness do.
4(K4i45c; Dry Hides 11c. Green do. 6c.
Mackerel— No. 1 7ft bbl $12(4)15; No. 2 sl2 60;
No. 3 sll 60; No. 1 7ft kit $1 40($$3.
Pickles—Case dozen pints $1 80; f quart
Molasses—N. O. gallon 75c; Florida 50($ti0c;
re-boiled 75c; common 45(550c.
Syrup—Florida 55(alCOc
Oats—7? bushel 86c.
Oil—Kerosene 7? gallon 25c; Linseed, raw,
$1 20; boiled $1 25; Lard $1 25; Train sl.
Kick—7ft lb 9ftc.
aaok $1 85; Virginia $2 25.
Tobacco Common 7ft lb 56c ; Medium
Bright 70c; Fine 75c; Extra $1; Navy 60<g>650;
Maccaboy SnutT 75(85e.
Shot—7ft sack $2 40.
Sugar—Crushed and Powdered 7ft lb 13@13ftc;
A. 12ftc.; B. 12c,; Extra C. 12c..; C. llftc.;
N. O. Yellow Clarified lOftc; do. White 13c.
Soda—Keg 7c 7ft lb; box 9c.
Starch—7ft lb 9ftc.
Trunks—Columbus made, 20 inch, 76c; 36 inch
$2 HO.
Tea—Green 75c; Oolong 65c.
Whiskey—Rectified 7ft gallon $1 36; Bourbon
$2(o) $4.
White Lead—lft lb ll@l2ftc.
Vinegar—7ft gallon 35c.
1,500 Acre Stock Farm
For Halo.
I OFFER ALL OR A PART OF THE VALUA
BLE plantation known as the Motley place
lying on Randles creek, Muscogee county, Ga.
The lauds are rich and healthy, near the Railroad
and 12 miles due east of Columbus.
AS A STOCK FARM,
Texas has no advantage of it and it will be sold
for less money than you can buy in Texas. Five
fiundred head of stock can be carried and never
cost a dollar for feed.
AS A GRAIN FARM,
it is as good as the State affords an average of
25 bushels corn per acre, has been repeatedly
made upon its rich bottom land and not unfre
quently a bale of cotton per acre.
AS A GRASS FARM.
no other place In Georgia, known to the under
signed has produced without an hour spent on
preparation SIOOO worth of grass cut, cured, and
delivered in market in six weeks at a cost of $l5O,
This result can be quadrupled.
WHY SELL A PLACE SO VALUA
BLE?
I am In debt, and must pay. If you want a place
unsurpassed in its advantages, come and see me
or enquire of Estes & Son, J. Marion Estes or
the undersigned at the plantation 3 miles south
of Wimberly, ou S.,W. Railroad.
A map of the place can be seen at this office.
octl6 Awdeoutf R. M. GRAY.
Cusseta Male and Female
Academy.
The subscriber will open
this School on tho second MON
DAY IN JANUARY NEXT. Tuition ujEjL
—s2, $3, $4 and $5 per month; due v&Vmj? •
at close of term of nine seholactic
months. Board (exclusive of wash
ing) from $8 to $lO per mouth, monthly in ad
vance. Send for circulars.
J. B. HUFF.
Cusseta, Ga., Nov. 23, 1875. novQj, wGt.
NOTICE.
To the Patrons of Husbandry
XJAVING made ample arrangements for the
Storing, Sale & Advancing
ON
GRANGERS’ COTTON,
MUV RATES OF STORAGE
AND
COMMISSION,
R. ti. WIM.IAMM,
sep2B w3m Agent of the Grangers.
Notice.
rpHE undersigned having heretofore held stock
1. iu our individual names lu the Georgia
Home Insurance Company iu the city of Colum
bus, hereby give notice that they have each sold
their stock iu said Company and have had the
same transferred, and claim, in conformity with
section 1502 of the Code ol Georgia, that we are
exempt from any liabilities of said Insurance
Company. F. J. SPRINGER,
d*cl7 larn6m CHAB. BUBBUB.
Chattahoochee county; ordinary’s
OFFlCE—Whereas Helen M. Wynn, execu
trix of the will of John S Duncan, late of said
county, deceased, applies for dismission from
said trust. These are to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
estate, to show cause (if any they have) on or by
the Ist Monday in March, 1876, why said dismis
sion should not be granted. W. A. FARLEY,
dec7 wtd Ordinary.
Mortgage Sale.
WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN
January, 1876, before the court house door
in Cusseta, Chattahoochee county within the le
gal hours of sale, one cream colored Mare, levied
on as the property of J. A. Gurge, to satisfy a
mortgage 11 fa in my hands issued from Talbot Su
perior Court, in favor of Charles M. Smith,
against J. A. Gurge. Property pointed out in
fi fa. JOHN M. SAPP.
oct29 td Sheriff.
NO. 307
THE
WHOLESALE
GROCERY
HOUSES
OF
J. & J. KAUFMAN,
1 t Ac I<* Ui uafl Mt.,
Oolviixxlmin, Geo.,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND ABOUT
100,000 pounds Bacon,
1,000 barrels Flour,
500 sacks Oats,
500 “ Salt,
100 “ Coffee,
200 barrels Sugar,
200 “ Syrup,
1,000 boxes Soap,
1,000 “ Sundries.
ALL GOODS SOLD AS LOW AS
ANY HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES
We Charier no llrayaac or Wharfage.
J. & J. KAUFMAN.
nov2o 2m
WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA.
ESbiaHtBSSL
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 16th, 1876.
TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBUS DAILY
1:20 a m. Arriving at Montgomery 6:45 A M
Selma 10:38 A M
Mobile 2:55 pm
, New Orleans 9:80 pm
Louisville 6:66 a m
8:60 a M. Arriving at Opelika 10:50 a m
Atlanta 4:15 pm
New York 4:10 pm
3:00 pm. Arriving at Opelika. 6:00 pm
Montgomery 8:26 p m
Selma 11:26 p m
Making close connection at Montgomery with
fastest trains, and
Arriving at Mobile 4:15 a m
New Orleans 10:00 a m
Brascbear City 1:00 pm
Galveston 8:00 am
TRAINS LEAVING COLUMBUS DAILY (EXCEPT
SUNDAY.)
7:00 a. m. Arriving at Opelika 9:37 a m
Montgomery 2:17 am
Selma 7;(J6pm
TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS DAILY
From Selma and Montgomery 1:12 p m
From Atlanta 6:14 a m
From Atlanta 7:07 pm
The train arriving at Cdlumbus at 7:07 p m,
leaves Atlanta daily at 11:00 am.
E. P. ALEXANDER, President.
H. M. ABRETT, Agent. dec!B-tf
Notice.
mEsaggirwdi
OFFICE MOBILE k GIRARD RAILROAD. 1
nov 30, 1876. J
ON and after this date Wednesday, Dec. Ist
Trains ou this Road will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN
Daily (Sundays excepted) making close connec
tions with M & ER. B. at Union Springs to and
from Montgomery and Eufsuls.
Leave Columbus 1:60 P. m.
Arrive at Montgomery 9:42 p. u.
•• “ Eufaula 10:08 p.m.
“Troy 8:67p.M.
Leave Troy 1:00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 8:32 a. m.
Freight Train for Union Springs with Passen
ger car attached will leave Columbus Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays as follows:
Leave Columbus 4:40 a. M.
Arrive at Union Springs 10:36 ▲. m.
Leave " “ ....11:30 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus 6:30 p. m.
novSO tf W. L. CLARK, Bup't.
PHOTOGRAPHS
AND
FERREOTYPES.
THE undersigned having purchased the PHO
TOGRAPH GALLERY over Wittich k Kin
sell’s, corner of Broad and Randolpu streets, re
spectfully solicits the patronage of the Public.
Having ample experience, can guarantee as good
Photographs and Ferreotypes as any taken, and
at lower prices than other places. My copying
Old Pictures cannot be surpassed in quality or
price.
I have employed Superior Coloring Artists,
and am able to get up any size Portraits, finished
iu Ink, Water, or Oil Colors, desired, and at tbs
Lowest Prices.
All are invited to call, and by doing Good Work
at Low Prices he hopes to merit a share of public
favor. Remember the place—corner of Broad
and Randolph streets, over Wittich k Kinsell’o
Jewelry Store, Columbus, Ga.
A. A. WILLIAMS,
oclOtf Photographer,
Champion Violet Copying and
Record Fluid.
rpHIS is the only Ink made that wiU copy per-
JL fectly months after it is written. It flows
freely, will not corrode pens, and duplicate
copies can be made at any time. Wet the copy
ing paper well, do not take off all the auxplua
moisture with blotting board, as this will not
spread. On receipt of $1.60, will send a quart
bottle by express. Address all orders to
J. W. PEASE k NORMAN,
BOOKTELLRRS AND STATIONERS,
No. 76 Broad Street, COLUMBUS, GA.
nov2ltf